Podcasts about imf managing director christine lagarde

Nature and economic progress often have a conflicting relationship. In this podcast, lifelong champion of the natural world Sir David Attenborough joins IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde for a tête à tête on how economic growth and the economies of nature can work together to preserve life on earth. While the world’s natural resources make life and industry possible, the demands of a growing economy are putting unsustainable pressures on our climate and vital ecosystems. In his broadcasting career spanning over six decades, Sir David Attenborough has connected people to the wonders of the natural world through visually stunning documentaries like The Blue Planet, and more recently Our Planet; the quintessential guide to the economy of nature. David Attenborough and Christine Lagarde met before a live audience during the IMF World-Bank Spring Meetings.

Achieving inclusive growth is one of the critical challenges of our time. In this podcast, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde opens a public discussion between IMF Chief Economist, Gita Gopinath, World Bank Chief Economist, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and OECD Chief Economist, Laurence Boone, about how to ensure economic growth benefits the many and not only the few. In her introduction, Lagarde points out that it’s a first for these three multilateral institutions to have women Chief Economists at the same time. The seminar entitled Income Inequality Matters took place during the IMF World-Bank Spring Meetings. Gita Gopinath is the Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the IMF. Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg is the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group. Laurence Boone is the OECD Chief Economist, G-20 Finance Deputy and Head of the economics department.

What are the economic, political, and technological risks to future global growth and stability? This complex question was the topic of a recent conversation between IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and CGD's president Masood Ahmed. This week's podcast is an edited version of their conversation.

While millions of young people enter the labor market every year, the chance of landing a traditional full-time job with benefits are getting slim. Global youth unemployment is on the rise and many young people are opting to work in what’s known as the sharing economy. In this podcast, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde shares her thoughts about policies that might help today’s youth better adapt to the changing nature of work.    Read Christine Lagarde’s Straight Talk about millennials and the future of work, in the June 2017 edition of Finance and Development magazine.  Contributors: Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says protectionism's a threat and we should assess currency moves on a global basis. Marc Chandler, the head of foreign exchange at Brown Brothers Harriman, says geopolitical tensions will eventually settle down. Finally, James Stavridis, the dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, says the mutual history of the U.S. and Russia can be a positive. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde says protectionism's a threat and we should assess currency moves on a global basis. Marc Chandler, the head of foreign exchange at Brown Brothers Harriman, says geopolitical tensions will eventually settle down. Finally, James Stavridis, the dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, says the mutual history of the U.S. and Russia can be a positive.

John Lipsky, a visiting scholar of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a former special adviser to the IMF, says the IMF is less concerned about China in the short term. Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser of Allianz, says the market dodged a Lehman moment on Deutsche Bank. London School of Economics professor Nicholas Stern says Brexit is calling U.K. growth prospects into question. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde urges European banks to examine their business models. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

John Lipsky, a visiting scholar of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and a former special adviser to the IMF, says the IMF is less concerned about China in the short term. Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser of Allianz, says the market dodged a Lehman moment on Deutsche Bank. London School of Economics professor Nicholas Stern says Brexit is calling U.K. growth prospects into question. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde urges European banks to examine their business models.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said policymakers around the world need to work together to strengthen global economic growth.

The global economy has entered a "timid" recovery but still faces high risks, with some dark clouds on the horizon, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC.